Fremont teen safe after air, land search

FREMONT - An air and land search for a 15-year-old Fremont girl who disappeared early Saturday night ended shortly before 11 p.m. when she showed up at residence in Brentwood.

Acting Police Chief Denny Wood said the search began after police received a call around 6 p.m. that a teenager had taken off from her home on Godfrey Lane after a disagreement with a parent and had not been heard from since.

Wood said police launched the search about two hours after she was first reported missing because she had made no contact with anyone and there had been no activity on her cell phone. Police were able to trace her phone, but there had been no movement, Wood said.

"That's when we became concerned," he said. "It was also getting colder and getting dark and we were aware that she wasn't dressed for the cold weather."

A state police helicopter assisted with the search of the area around her neighborhood in the Tuck Woods housing development.

Nearly five hours after she left home, the teenager showed up at a residence on Route 111A in Brentwood and asked to use a phone to call home.

Wood said she was "just a little cold," but otherwise OK.

Fremont police were also assisted by officers from Brentwood, Bedford, Kingston, and Newton.